Beach girl

[vaneramos]

Upon arrival at Poplar Bluff, Brenna slips at earliest opportunity to the shore with her companion, but the golden retriever returns early, alone. I have to allow time before dinner to go searching. She drifts to the glowing western distance where sand is broadest. Saturday evening I saw her figure scrounging to and fro, but lake and sky roared through the space between us, drowning my call. Finally I sustained her name on a single note and she turned, waving a tiny arm.

Waiting, I stood and surveyed the turbulent boundary between earth and water. Exquisite light fell like a herald of peace. I had neglected to take my camera.

However, over the weekend I recorded two of Erie's other moods. Sunday's warm sun raised an eerie mist, blended all substance, veiled the seam between air and water, and turned wandering figures to wraiths.

Monday's wind whipped the lake to a lion, tearing the beach. We departed the house and travelled east under a sunny sky, but an ominous barrier cloud overtook us. I didn't hear about tornado warnings until today.

It was always Brenna and I. She collected pailfuls of bottles, beach glass, shells, odd stones and fishing lures.



Sunday fog



Monday storm clouds



Waves


Three more images are posted in weather_pics.
One image is posted in texture.

Comments

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Erie's other moods...an eerie mist

I like this.

I also, to put it mildly, like those photographs. The "Monday fog" shot with Brenna (I assume) at the water's edge is particularly haunting.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

beautiful pictures! i love fog and sky and water. mmmm.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Yes, it is Brenna, and also one of my favourite images so far this year. There are some other figures in the distance, which you can see better in the larger format:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=113034187&size=o

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Vicki! Have you seen the "sky" gallery on my website? How are you and Gerry doing? I haven't had any time to catch up on reading. Hope to do so on Friday.

[halation.livejournal.com]

lovely

[dakoopst.livejournal.com]

I know this is going to sound melodramatic and cliche, but your description took my breath away. It is, in its purest form, poetic prose (which, of course, is preferable to prosaic poetry. ;) )

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

The first paragraph has been evolving for several days in my mind (and on journal pages) toward a poem. It needs to go a little distance still, but this is a place marker.

You had a few quiet days before I went away, so I felt a slight, ineffable ache in your direction, hoping all was well. I'm glad to hear from you. Hopefully I'll have time to catch up and read properly on Friday.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

no, i'll go back and look in a minute. i love photos of the sky. :)

we're doing ok enough. gerry will have his PET/CT scan tomorrow and x-rays of his hips on friday, so by next week we should know what we're dealing with. me, i'm just ploddin' along. thanks for asking, van!

[bear-left.livejournal.com]

Once more, I have to thank you for sharing these with us. Just beautiful...

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

I love the top one. It does things to my heart.

I'm still sipping your poetry. Really lovely.
Thanks again.
connor